Annandale Terrace will get a new principal

Annandale Terrace parents will soon have an opportunity to participate in the selection process for a new principal.

The current principal, Lisa Pilson, will start a new job July 1 as director of early childhood curriculum and grants management with Fairfax County Public Schools.

In the coming days, FCPS Region 2 Assistant Superintendent Fabio Zuluaga is expected to notify parents, guardians, faculty, and staff about a meeting on the principal selection process and how they can provide feedback on the qualities they would like to see in the school’s next leader.

Since Pilson became principal of Annandale Terrace Elementary School in 2012, “our school has transformed with our students and staff thriving for excellence,” she wrote in an email to the community. “I couldn’t be prouder of the collective effort of our students, staff, families, and community during the bitter and better times we’ve experienced together over the last six years.”